poster

See also: Poster and póster

English

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -əʊstə(r)

Etymology 1

post +‎ -er

Noun
A poster of Tan Kin Lian, a candidate in the 2011 presidential election in Singapore

poster (plural posters)

  1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
    He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
  2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
    I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
  3. (Internet) One who posts a message.
    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  4. (ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
    We got three posters in the third and lost.
Derived terms
Translations
advertisement — See also translations at placard

Verb

poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.
    to poster the walls of a bedroom

Etymology 2

post +‎ -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

Noun

poster (plural posters)

  1. (dated) A posthorse.
    • C. Lever
      posters at full gallop
  2. (archaic) A swift traveller; a courier.
    • Shakespeare
      posters of the sea and land

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Dutch posten.

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

  1. One who sets out posts, such as sentinels

Etymology 2

From English poster.

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

  1. A billboard to be posted on a public or private place
Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From poste (“mail (service)”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive) To post, (put in the) mail
Conjugation
Conjugation of poster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle postant
/pɔs.tɑ̃/
past participle posté
/pɔs.te/
infinitive
simple poster
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple postant
/pɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present poste
/pɔst/		 postes
/pɔst/		 poste
/pɔst/		 postons
/pɔs.tɔ̃/		 postez
/pɔs.te/		 postent
/pɔst/
imperfect postais
/pɔs.tɛ/		 postais
/pɔs.tɛ/		 postait
/pɔs.tɛ/		 postions
/pɔs.tjɔ̃/		 postiez
/pɔs.tje/		 postaient
/pɔs.tɛ/
past historic2 postai
/pɔs.te/		 postas
/pɔs.ta/		 posta
/pɔs.ta/		 postâmes
/pɔs.tam/		 postâtes
/pɔs.tat/		 postèrent
/pɔs.tɛʁ/
future posterai
/pɔs.tə.ʁe/		 posteras
/pɔs.tə.ʁa/		 postera
/pɔs.tə.ʁa/		 posterons
/pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 posterez
/pɔs.tə.ʁe/		 posteront
/pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional posterais
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 posterais
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 posterait
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/		 posterions
/pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 posteriez
/pɔs.tə.ʁje/		 posteraient
/pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present poste
/pɔst/		 postes
/pɔst/		 poste
/pɔst/		 postions
/pɔs.tjɔ̃/		 postiez
/pɔs.tje/		 postent
/pɔst/
imperfect2 postasse
/pɔs.tas/		 postasses
/pɔs.tas/		 postât
/pɔs.ta/		 postassions
/pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 postassiez
/pɔs.ta.sje/		 postassent
/pɔs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poste
/pɔst/		 — postons
/pɔs.tɔ̃/		 postez
/pɔs.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

From poste (“military post”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive, military) To post

Etymology 3

from English poster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔs.tɛʁ/

Noun

poster m (plural posters)

  1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • postériser

Anagrams

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English post + -er.

Verb

poster

  1. (Jersey) to post

Swedish

Etymology

from English poster

Noun

poster c

  1. a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
  2. indefinite plural of post

Declension
Declension of poster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative poster postern postrar postrarna
Genitive posters posterns postrars postrarnas

References
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